"Jonathan N. Little" wrote in message
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Adam wrote:
"Johnny" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:33:13 -0700
"Adam" wrote:


System: ASUS N61JQ (laptop)
Host OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


After a power outage yesterday, pressing the power button of
ASUS laptop does nothing. The laptop was/is connected to
an APC battery backup (surge protection only) outlet (via AC adapter).
AC adapter's green light is "on".

Any ideas?


If you are lucky, there may be a fuse by the power jack inside the
laptop.


Thanks, do you mean the fuse may be blown and needs to be replaced?
If so, this is new territory for me so let me see if I can find a DIY
article.


1) Is the battery charged, Dell have a nice push button indicator on
battery but I don't this Asus do.



Thanks, if AC adapter is plugged in, does battery charged matter as much?

Here's the ASUS N61JQ User Manual...
http://www.lpmanual.com/manuals/asus/ASUS_N61Jq.pdf

Doesn't seem like the ASUS N61JQ has a push button indicator on battery.


2) If battery good but doesn't do anything...keyboard lights etc then you
may have fried motherboard


I don't recall ever seeing lights (keyboard, etc.) when
system is not powered "on".

I hope nothing is fried.


3) If it boots with just the battery, but nothing with battery removed and
just using the powercord/supply, then test power cord with meter.


Not my case/scenario.


If powercord/supply is good then your may have the input jack fuse blown.
Not for the novice to fix. See images here of likely locations.


Don't know yet. Need to make access first. Why me? :-)


https://www.google.com/search?q=asus+laptop+fuse+on+motherboard&tbm=isch& tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCOmgw5Wixc gCFYXXHgodKtIO4w&biw=1080&bih=859

We are talking about soldering on the motherboard...


Soldering? No way. Not me. :-)


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